Butel Municipality
| Butel Municipality Општина Бутел | |||
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| City municipality (Rural) | |||
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| Region | Skopje Statistical Region | ||
| Municipal seat | Skopje | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Velimir Smilevski (SDSM) | ||
| Population | |||
| • Total | 36,154 | ||
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) | ||
| Website | http://www.opstinabutel.gov.mk | ||
Butel Municipality (Macedonian: 
A cemetery in Butel is where the grave of George Zorbas, the character upon whom Nikos Kazantzakis based the fictional Alexis Zorbas of his novel Zorba the Greek, is located.
Geography
Butel borders
- Gazi Baba Municipality to the southeast,
- Čair Municipality to the south,
- Karpoš Municipality to the southwest,
- Šuto Orizari Municipality and Čučer-Sandevo Municipality to the northwest, and
- Lipkovo Municipality to the northeast.
Demographics
According to the last national census from 2002 Butel has 36,154 inhabitants.[1]
Ethnic groups in the municipality include:
- Macedonians = 22,506 (62.3%)
- Albanians = 9,107 (25.2%)
- Turks = 1,304 (3.6%)
- Serbs = 1,033 (2.6%)
- Bosniaks = 970 (2.7%)
- others.
References
- ↑ 2002 census results in English and Macedonian (PDF)
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